# Accident 20111203029889A: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180, Mckinney, TX, December 3, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2011, 20:26 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Airport: Aero Country
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2083° N, 96.7417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2083&lon=-96.7417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62WY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62WY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aviat A-1C-180 (registry code 2210410, https://openairdocs.org/model/aviat-a-1c-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1P (registry code 42259, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,816 total, 26 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111203029889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON DECEMBER 3, 2011, AT APPROXIMATLEY 2038 LOCAL TIME (CST)A PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DEPLAINING FROM N62WY, AN AVIAT HUSKY A-1C-180, SERIAL NUMBER 3131 ON THE RAMP AT AERO COUNTRY (T31) IN MCKINNEY TEXAS, WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER. THE PASSENGER DEPARTED FROM THE FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNNING ANS WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES ANS WAS CARE FLIGHTED TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND, STATED THAT HE HAD TAKEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT TO LOOK AT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS AS WELL AFTER THE FLIGHT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER LANDING AND TAXIING INTO THE RAMP AREA, (IN FRONT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HANGER) HE STATED THAT HE HAD OPENED THE DOOR TO LET ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SHE IMMEDIATLEY STARTED EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE STRUT, I LEANED TO MY RIGHT AND PUT MY RIGHT HAND AND ARM IN FRONT OF HER TO DIVERT HER AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER. I CONTINUED TO KEEP MY ARM EXTENDED AND TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOULD WALK BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT LEAST BEYOND WHERE THE STRUT ATTACHES TO THE WING AND STILL WALKING AWAY, I DROPPED MY RIGHT ARM AND RETURNED TO MY ORIGINAL SEATING POSITION.I THEN LOOKED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND OPENED THE PILOT WINDOW TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE HANGAR. I ASKED MY WIFE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF SHE WANTED TO GO FOR A RIDE. WHEN SHE DIDNT HEAR ME, I ASKED HER AGAIN WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE YELL "STOP" "STOP", AND I IMMEDIATLEY SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. I EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LYING IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA125), Dec 4, 2011: Aviat A-1C-180 (N62WY), McKinney, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The passenger's inadvertent contact with a rotating propeller after exiting the parked airplane. Contributing to the accident were the dark night conditions and the deplaning of the passenger while…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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